Improvement in making bonnet-binding



UNITED STATES .maar

IMPROVEMENT IN AMAKING jBONNE'EZBINDING.

Specilicat'ion forming part ot' Letters .latent No. L16.163,datedpJanuary 3l, 18H5.

To LZZ whom it may concern,.- v

.Y e it known that I, JEFFORD L. Wnavnn, of Orange, in the county ot'Franklin and State ot illassachusetts, have invented an ImprovedManufacture of Palm-Leaf Bonnetlinding; and I do hereby declare the sameto he fully described in the following speciii` cation, andrepresentedin thcvaccompanyin drawings, of which- Figure 1 denotes themode of laying the strands ofthe warps for weaving the said binding.4Fig. 2 isa representation of a portion ot' the binding. Fig. 3 is a sideeleva tion ot' the loom for weaving the braid or band. Fig. 4 is avertieal'and longitudinal section of such loom. Fig. 5 is a rearelevation of it. v

In the said Figs. 3, 4, and 5 the band or g braid is represented at A asextending from a winding-roller, B, arranged on the side Aof V theloom-frame B and on a stationary spindle i projecting therefrom. Thecircumference of l this roller has three deep creases or notches,

f ff, made transversely across it, the same being for the purpose ot'enabling tyingstrings to be passed through these notches while thebraid' islwound on the roller. These tying strings, after having .beencatrriedy through the notches, are brought'arouud the layers of bra-id,and each string has its two ends tied together,'aiter which the braid orband may he separated near the roller. On drawing the roller oft' itsspindle there will be a roll of the braid on such roller, which, in astate tit for the market, may he removed from the roller. On applyingthe braid or band-to the roller, the end of the former is to 1 beinserted in one ofthe notches.

The braid extending from the roller B goes forward underneath another orelastic roller, C; thence upward and between the said roller and anotherroller, D, placed directly over the roller C; thence the braid passesiabout the roller C, the warpstraiids being cari, ried through twoharnesses, E E. Each warpthread at its rear end is fastened to a string,g, which, it desirable, may have a weight suspended from it, or suchstring may be held in the hand of the weaver, or be attached to or rnnthrough a staple, h. The other end .of the warp has a string, z',fastened to it, which, after being led aroundguide-pulleys k l, is at`tached to one of a series of weights, m-m m,

which slide respectively on wires u n -n,arranged at suitable distancesapart and within a vertical frame, G.l lhe f 1ame and its wires serve tokeepthe weights in their proper po- Isitions and the strings frombecoming tangled 'or twisted together. lThe harnesses have two levers, HH, and foot-treadles I I, for enabling them to be operated by theweavcr,and furthermore, the loom is provided with a lay, K, to be worked by theweaver. rIhe roller D is provided with a ratchet, o, which is fixed onone end of it, and engages with a springcatch, p, projecting from theloom frame. Furthern1ore,each ot' the journals of the elastic roller Cis supported in the upper arm of a lever, i', whose fnlcrum is a rod,`s, which,

with the lever, is arranged as shown in Fig. 4. p

The arrangement of the roller O causes the dra-1t of the weights on thebraid or band to draw such roller backward, so as to cause it to clampthe braid or band against the roller D, whereby the braid or baud willbe held firmly bythe two. rollers against the draft ot' the weights.braid or band on the roller B, vwhich is proj vided with a crank, s',causes the roller C to move forward and unclamp the braid.

roller C operates like the clamp-tongue o t' a buckle."

In the common way of weaving bonnetbraid of palm-leaf it has beencustomary to make it in short pieces of about the length of a pahnleat'.A number oi' strips of aleatbeing arranged together as warps in aweaving-machine had a filling or wett ot' palm-leaf woven into them, thewhole, when completed, consti tnting-a ribbon of palm-leaf of about twofeet and six inches in length.

My improved braid or manufacture may be made of any length, and so as tobe rolled or coiled up in rolls for use or for sale in the market.

In the fabrication ot' my said manufacture the several filaments orstrands ot' palm-leaf areto lap by one another, or to be arranged asshown at c b c d e in Fig. l-that is, edge to edge,'and with one strandeither projecting beyond or falling back of that next adjacent to it. Asfast as each strand may be nearly woven into the web another strand isto be added in continuation ot it and so as to lap flatwise on it, thelapping end of the added strand being held in place by means ot'fa Theaction of winding up the' The'

